In sending the later stories Mr. Croker wrote to Mr. Murray: The Rt. Hon. J.W. Croker to John Murray.

I think Mr. B. Disraeli ought to tell you what it is that he wishes to say to Mr. Croker on a business of yours ere he asks of you a letter to the Secretary.

I differ from Mr. Croker in the explanation of this ill-turned sentence.

I hear that Lady Morgan suspects Mr. Croker of having reviewed her 'France,' and intends to be revenged, etc.

64. Macaulay (Essays, ed. 1843, i. 365) ends a lively piece of criticism on Mr. Croker by saying:'It requires no Bentley or Casaubon to perceive that Philarchus is merely a false spelling for Phylarchus, the chief of a tribe.' See ante, i. 180.

Some instances of rashness have been noted by Walpole with unsparing vituperation; and some self-complacent or boasting sallies, have been pointed at by Croker with a sarcastic sneer.

After this attack it was Macaulay who said he hated Croker like "cold boiled veal.